Definitions for intersectional
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1. intersectionaladjective

   Of or relating to intersectionalism.

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1. intersectional

   Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. Intersectionality identifies multiple factors of advantage and disadvantage. Examples of these factors include gender, caste, sex, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, disability, weight, and physical appearance. These intersecting and overlapping social identities may be both empowering and oppressing.Intersectionality broadens the scope of the first and second waves of feminism, which largely focused on the experiences of women who were white, middle-class and cisgender, to include the different experiences of women of color, poor women, immigrant women, and other groups. Intersectional feminism aims to separate itself from white feminism by acknowledging women's differing experiences and identities.The term intersectionality was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989.: 385  She describes how interlocking systems of power affect those who are most marginalized in society. Activists use the framework to promote social and political egalitarianism. Intersectionality opposes analytical systems that treat each axis of oppression in isolation. In this framework, for instance, discrimination against black women cannot be explained as a simple combination of misogyny and racism, but as something more complicated. Intersectionality engages in similar themes as triple oppression, which is the oppression associated with being a poor or immigrant woman of color. Intersectional analysis aligns very closely with anarcha-feminist power analysis frameworks.Criticism includes the framework's tendency to reduce individuals to specific demographic factors, and its use as an ideological tool against other feminist theories. Critics have characterized the framework as ambiguous and lacking defined goals. As it is based in standpoint theory, critics say the focus on subjective experiences can lead to contradictions and the inability to identify common causes of oppression.

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1. Intersectionaladjective

   pertaining to, or formed by, intersections

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   The numerical value of intersectional in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of intersectional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of intersectional in a Sentence

1. Mikiko Galpin -LRB- he/him -RRB-:

   If we're talking about The Supreme Court reversal from an intersectional perspective of gender affirming care and reproductive justice, we've seen these attacks directed at gender-affirming care and more widely just the transgender community dating back to the bathroom bills, these bills are primarily focused on this rhetoric of transgender people either being deemed a danger to themselves or a danger to other people. And I think similarly, the language that's used to deny abortion services also sort of relies a little bit on a rhetoric of protecting people from themselves.

2. Ifeoma Ozoma:

   My experience facing workplace discrimination, then publically demanding accountability, speaks to the importance of this legislation for all Californians, i'm proud to support this bill and the intersectional protections it would bring to tens of millions of workers.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   The truth is we aren't a single-issue country, we face a complex set of economic, social and political challenges. They are intersectional, they are reinforcing and we have to take the all on.

4. West Resendes:

   When we add the intersectional layer of mental health disability to that, it exponentially increases the likelihood of that individual having adverse contact with law enforcement.

5. Kawashima Ginsberg:

   I hear them talking a lot about how racism is an intersectional issue, and there seems to be really strong commitment to address that, so I can see, it could be a moment that is ripe for them.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Intersectional
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectional
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intersectional